question attn: Joel

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Hi Joel,

Glad you're not jumping ship. Below I have made some effort to answer

your questions.

Dharam

 

Joel Floyd wrote:

 

> I was told, or thought Kundalini Yoga is the "Mother

> of all Yogas", hence its like an umbrella with the

> other yogas being derived from it.

 

This is just to get the discussion going. Yoga is divided into the Hatha

(purely physical) and the Raja (the mental) schools. Kundalini has

taught

by Yogiji covers both quite neatly and you're doing both at the same

time. Kundalini also has it's roots in the ancient, ancient Upper Nile.

Yup,

even Yogiji has said it is a Black science meaning the Nubians were

codifying this art way back. Check out the drawings in the Egyptian

Pyramids.

There are many depictions of the "serpent fire". Back in that time, the

postures honored the inner temple, and the infinite. The Pyramid

paintings

depict the progression of the fire through the Temple being. It was

much more than something physical or peripheral to your life. It was a

way of

being within yourself, in relation to your community and in your posture

to the GOD....o it is much more about what you do once you leave your

yoga mat.

 

>

>

> How is it specialized?

>

> I do know what Kundalini means, and the energy

> traveling up the spine. I personally prefer it to

> others.

 

Kundalini is energy of Spirit. It is beyond words and definition. Yes, a

person can feel it in their body but to me it is too simple to say it is

in my spine. After 24 years of practice I've had many experiences but

nothing as dramatic as an "energy" moving up my spine. I did once, in

therapy, writhe like a snake and this was thoroughly unconscious on my

part.

 

>

>

> Also, Why is bekkram yoga so popular, is it b/c Mr.

> bekkram started in hollywood and all the stars got

> into it...or is it an LA thing. I've heard several

> things about it, but mainly thought it was good for

> detoxification.

 

Popular? That's a judgment. I do it when the winter comes around because

I dig the intensity. Just staying consciously focused in 99 to 109

degree heat is an accomplishment. You're sweating before you even start.

 

>

>

> Also, everywhere I go, all the yoga studios teachers

> at least, profess to their yoga being the one which

> will lead to the fastest results, or heal the

> quickest.

 

Anytime a teacher can teach from a level where he/she can lift another

and deliver that person to their higher consciousness and to a taste of

their own Soul, than that teacher has helped that student raise their

Kundalini. The technology of Kundalini is more specialized to doing this

but

if the teacher is an asshole and more into delivering their students to

the teacher's ego rather than to "The Guru" or some experience of

themselves in union with the Infinite, than that Yoga scene is lacking.

 

>

>

> Do worry, I'm still a big KY fan; I love the Mudras

> and Meditations between the Asanas.

>

> Anyone want to enlighten me?

>

> thanks...and take care

> joel

>

> --- bud d <buddylbs wrote:

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> > Ashtanga yoga refers to the "eight-limbed" path of

> > "Raja Yoga" as outlined by Patanjali in his

> > excellent Yoga Sutras. Kundalini Yoga is a more

> > specialized branch, one could say, of this Path. The

> > bandhas and mudras are generally found in the

> > classic text Hatha Yoga.

> > Buddy Carl Pounds

> > buddylbs

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> > just started looking into yoga and first would like

> > to say thanks for the opportunity to be a part of

> > this enlightening group. I have been lurking for

> > some time and have very much enjoyed listening to

> > and learning from you. My question is: what is the

> > difference is between ashtanga yoga and kundalini

> > yoga.

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